THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOANALYSIS
OF THE KAREN HORNEY PSYCHOANALYTIC CENTER
Established in 1941
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Our Work Continues
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SCIENTIFIC MEETING: Thursday, October 3, 2013 at 8:00 PM
Jeremy Safran: AGENCY & SURRENDER IN THE ANALYTIC PROCESS
There is a vital dialectic between agency and surrender in life and in the psychoanalytic process. Without an ability to will one cannot choose one’s actions; one becomes a passive victim of circumstances rather than an agent who can influence one’s own destiny. On the other hand, an exaggerated sense of agency fails to take into account the limits of our ability to control life, and can be associated with a type of narcissistic omnipotence that can lead to bitterness and cynicism. Consistent with a bias in Western culture towards individualism and autonomy, psychoanalytic theory has tended to emphasize the importance of agency at the expense of surrender. In this paper building upon the work of Sándor Ferenczi, Michael Balint, Donald Winnicott & Emmanuel Ghent I will explore ways of redressing this imbalance by considering the role that surrender can play in the analytic process and the development of the capacity for intersubjectivity.
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Jeremy D. Safran, Ph.D., is Co-Chair and Professor of the Psychology Department at the New School and former Director of Clinical Training. He is also Co-Founder & Co-Chair of the New School Ferenczi Center along with Lewis Aron & Adrienne Harris. In addition, Dr. Safran is on faculty at the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, and Past-President of the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy. He has published more than 150 articles and chapters, and several books, including Emotion in Psychotherapy; Negotiating the Therapeutic Alliance; Psychoanalysis and Buddhism: An Unfolding Dialogue – and most recently Psychoanalysis & Psychoanalytic Therapies, published by the American Psychological Associations Press.
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Scientific Meetings Committee:Giselle Galdi, PhD, Chair;
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THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOANALYSIS
OF THE KAREN HORNEY PSYCHOANALYTIC CENTER
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SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS PROGRAM OF THE AIP 2013-14
OUR WORK CONTINUES
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Please mark your calendar for these dates. We are looking forward to seeing you.
Date: Thursday, October 3, 2013 at 8:00 PM
Presenters: JEREMY D. SAFRAN, Ph.D.
Date: Thursday, December 5, 2013 at 8:00 PM
Presenter: ALLAN FROSCH, Ph.D.
Date: Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 8:00 PM
Presenter: KENNETH WINARICK, Ph.D.
Date: Thursday, March 27, 2014 at 8:00 PM
Presenter: ANTHONY BASS, PhD